ذوق

See also: دوق

Arabic

Root
ذ و ق (ḏ w q)
3 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ðawq/

Noun

ذَوْق • (ḏawq) m (plural أَذْوَاق (ʔaḏwāq))

1. verbal noun of ذَاقَ (ḏāqa) (form I)
2. taste
3. good taste
4. sense or organ of taste
5. enjoyment, pleasure

   أَهْل ذَوْقٍ ― ʔahl ḏawqin ― voluptuaries

Declension

Declension of noun ذَوْق (ḏawq)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	ذَوْق ḏawq	الذَّوْق aḏ-ḏawq	ذَوْق ḏawq
nominative	ذَوْقٌ ḏawqun	الذَّوْقُ aḏ-ḏawqu	ذَوْقُ ḏawqu
accusative	ذَوْقًا ḏawqan	الذَّوْقَ aḏ-ḏawqa	ذَوْقَ ḏawqa
genitive	ذَوْقٍ ḏawqin	الذَّوْقِ aḏ-ḏawqi	ذَوْقِ ḏawqi
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	ذَوْقَيْن ḏawqayn	الذَّوْقَيْن aḏ-ḏawqayn	ذَوْقَيْ ḏawqay
nominative	ذَوْقَانِ ḏawqāni	الذَّوْقَانِ aḏ-ḏawqāni	ذَوْقَا ḏawqā
accusative	ذَوْقَيْنِ ḏawqayni	الذَّوْقَيْنِ aḏ-ḏawqayni	ذَوْقَيْ ḏawqay
genitive	ذَوْقَيْنِ ḏawqayni	الذَّوْقَيْنِ aḏ-ḏawqayni	ذَوْقَيْ ḏawqay
plural	basic broken plural triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	أَذْوَاق ʔaḏwāq	الْأَذْوَاق al-ʔaḏwāq	أَذْوَاق ʔaḏwāq
nominative	أَذْوَاقٌ ʔaḏwāqun	الْأَذْوَاقُ al-ʔaḏwāqu	أَذْوَاقُ ʔaḏwāqu
accusative	أَذْوَاقًا ʔaḏwāqan	الْأَذْوَاقَ al-ʔaḏwāqa	أَذْوَاقَ ʔaḏwāqa
genitive	أَذْوَاقٍ ʔaḏwāqin	الْأَذْوَاقِ al-ʔaḏwāqi	أَذْوَاقِ ʔaḏwāqi

Descendants

• Hijazi Arabic: ذوق (zōg, ḏōg)
• Moroccan Arabic: دوق (dawq, dūq)
• → Azerbaijani: zövq
• → Ottoman Turkish: ذوق (zevk)
  • Turkish: zevk
  • → Crimean Tatar: zevq
  • → Romanian: zefchi
• → Uyghur: زوق (zoq)
• → Uzbek: zavq

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “ذوق”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “ذوق”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic ذَوْق (ḏawq).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zoːʔ/

Noun

ذوق • (zōʔ) m (plural أذواق (ʔazwāʔ))

1. taste, preference

See also

• داق (dāʔ, “to taste”)

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ذ و ق
2 terms

Etymology 1

From Arabic ذَوْق (ḏawq).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zoːɡ/, /ðoːɡ/

Noun

ذوق • (zōg, ḏōg) m (plural أذواق (ʔazwāg, ʔaḏwāg))

1. taste
2. tact

Etymology 2

From Arabic ذَوَّقَ (ḏawwaqa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daw.waɡ/, /ðaw.waɡ/

Verb

ذوق • (dawwag) II (non-past يِذَوِّق (yidawwig))

1. to let someone taste

Conjugation

Conjugation of ذوق

		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	ذوقت (dawwagt)	ذوقت (dawwagt)	ذوق (dawwag)		ذوقنا (dawwagna)	ذوقتوا (dawwagtu)	ذوقوا (dawwagu)
	f		ذوقتي (dawwagti)	ذوقت (dawwagat)
non-past	m	أذوق (ʔadawwig)	تذوق (tidawwig)	يذوق (yidawwig)		نذوق (nidawwig)	تذوقوا (tidawwigu)	يذوقوا (yidawwigu)
	f		تذوقي (tidawwigi)	تذوق (tidawwig)
imperative	m		ذوق (dawwig)				ذوقوا (dawwigu)
	f		ذوقي (dawwigi)

North Levantine Arabic

Root
ذ و ق
2 terms

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Arabic ذَوْق (ḏawq).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zawʔ/, /zoːʔ/
• (Druze) IPA^(key): /zawq/, /zoːq/

Noun

ذوق • (zōʔ) m (plural أذواق (ʔazwāʔ))

1. taste

   Synonym: طعم (ṭaʕem)

2. one's taste in things, liking, preference
3. good taste
4. tact, class

Derived terms

• مذوق (mizweʔ)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic ذَوْق (ḏawq).

Noun

ذوق • (zevk) (plural اذواق (ezvak))

1. sense of taste
2. flavor
3. enjoyment, pleasure
4. sensuality
5. fun, amusement

Related terms

• ذوقیاب (zevkyab)

Descendants

• Turkish: zevk
• → Crimean Tatar: zevq
• → Romanian: zefchi

Persian

Etymology

Arabic ذَوْق (ḏawq).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈðawq/, /ˈzawq/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zäwq]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zäwq]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [zäwq]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [zäwq]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [zowɢ̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [zäwq]

Readings
Classical reading?	ḏawq, zawq
Dari reading?	zawq
Iranian reading?	zowġ
Tajik reading?	zavq

Noun

ذوق • (zowq)

1. taste, flavor, liking

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ذ و ق
1 term

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic ذَوْق (ḏawq).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Urban) /zoːʔ/, [zoːʔ]
• IPA^(key): (Bedouin) /zoːɡ/, [zoːɡ]

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Noun

ذوق • (zōʔ) m (plural أذواق (ʔazwāʔ))

1. taste

   Synonym: طعم (ṭaʕm)

2. tact

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ذوق (zawq), from Arabic ذَوْق (ḏawq). Related to ذائقہ (zāyqā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /zɔːq/
• Rhymes: -ɔːq

Noun

ذَوْق • (zavq) m (Hindi spelling ज़ौ्क़)

1. (food) taste, flavor

   Synonym: ذائقہ (zā'iqā)

2. taste, interest

   Synonym: شوق (śoq)

   اردو میں ذوق رکھنا ― To have a taste in urdu

   تمہارا گانے میں اچّھا ذوق رکھنا ― You have a good taste in music

3. pleasure, delight

   Synonym: مزہ (mazā)

Declension

Declension of ذوق

	singular	plural
direct	ذَوْق (zauq)	ذَوْق (zauq)
oblique	ذَوْق (zauq)	ذَوْقوں (zauqõ)
vocative	ذَوْق (zauq)	ذَوْقو (zauqo)

Derived terms

• بد ذوق (bad-zauq, “distateful, unpleasant”)
• ذوق ہونا (zauq honā, “to have a taste for, to take pleasure in”)
• شوق ذوق (śauq-zauq, “great pleasure”)

References

• “ذوق”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.